Combined chair and table-leaf.



- W.'B. GOGGER.

COMBINED CHAIR AND TABLE LEAP.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 26, 1911.

I Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

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W. B. COGGBR.

COMBINED CHAIR AND TABLE LEAF.

APPLIOATIONZIILED DEC. 26, 1911.

1,093,686. i Patented Apr. 21, 1911 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UMTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. COGGER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 THEODOR KUNDTZ, OF

LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

COMBINED CHAIR AND TABLE-LEAF.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. COGGER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedChair and Table-Leaf; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of. the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make. and usethe same.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined arm-chair andtable-leaf for use in assembly-rooms, lunch-rooms, etc.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an arm of anarm-chair with a tableleaf which can be conveniently manipulated by anoccupant of the chair to bring said leaf into position for use at thefront of the chair and to move said leaf when not in use alongside ofsaid arm.

Another object is to render the means employed in attaching thetable-leaf to said arm simple and durable in construction.

.Vith these objects in view, this invention consists in certain featuresof construction, and combinations and arrangement of parts, hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the claim, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan of an armchair provided with atable-leaf in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionon line 2-2, Fig.1, looking rearwardly. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectioncorresponding with Fig. 2, except that,

whereas in Fig. 2 the table-leaf is shown in a substantially horizontalposition, Fig, 3: shows the table-leaf swung into a VBI'tlCiLl position.Fig. 4- is a vertical section on line 44, Fig. 1, looking rearwardly.Flg. 5 is an inner side view of the forward end-poi tion of thechair-arm provided with said.

table-leaf and shows the table-leaf in the position illustrated in Fig.3. Fig. 6 shows the back of the chair in vertical section and the innerside of the aforesaid arm and shows the table-leaf swung into positionalongside of said arm. Fig. 7 is a vertical section on line 77, Fig. 6,looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and. 7 are drawn on the Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed December 26, 1911.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.. Serial No. 667,734.

same scale but on a larger scale than Fig. 1.

6, and 7'to reduce the size of the drawings, and portions are brokenaway and in section in Figs. and 6 to more clearly show theconstruction.

Referring to Fig. 1 of said drawings, A 1nd1cates the seat-section of anarm-chair, and B, the back of the chair. 0 represents the bodyportion ofan arm of the chair, which arm also comprises a metal plate'D arrangedat the inner side of and suitably secured to said body-portion. As shownin Fig. 5, the plate D extends from the front side of the back Bforwardly in a substantially horizontal plane and has its forward endspaced far enough from said back to permit of the swinging of atable-leaf-carrying metal bracket E, which is pivotally connected tosaid plate, in a vertical plane toward and from but wholly forwardly ofsaid back. The bracket E overlaps the chair-arm comprising the plate Dat the inner side of said arm. The bracket E is shown pivotedhorizontally by a suitably applied bolt G (see Figs. 1, 5, 6, and 7) tosaid plate D. It will be observed therefore that said bracketoverl-apsthe inner side of said arm and is pivotally connected to said arm at theforward end of the arm and arranged to swing upwardly and rearwardly ina vertical plane into a position in which the bracket projectsrearwardly at said side of the arm,-or upwardly and forwardly into aposition in which the bracket projects forwardly of the arm, accordingas the bracket is in the one or the other of its extreme posi tions.Preferably the plate D is provided (see Figs. 5,6, and 7) with a recessd which extends circumferentially of the pivotal bolt G, and thesurrounding wall of said recess is provided with two inwardly projectinglugs 12 and 13 which are spaced circumferentially of said bolt. Thebracket E is provided with a lug 14. which projects into the recess d,and said lug is arranged to revolve between the lugs 12 and 13 oftheplate D during the swinging of the bracket E from the one to the otherof its extreme positions.

The relative arrangement of the parts is such. that the lug 1 1 of thebracket abuts against the lug 12 of the plate Din the forwardly swungposition of the bracket, as

shown in Fig. 5, and said lugs therefore co operate in forming a stop tolimit the move ment of the bracket during the swinging of the bracketfrom its rearward position, shown in Figs. 6 and 7, into its forwardposi* tion, shown in Fig. 5, and the lug 14 of the bracket abuts againstthe lug 13 of the plate D in the rearwardly swung position of thebracket, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and said lugs 13 and 14 coeperate informing a stop which limits the movement of the bracket in swinging itfrom its forward position, shown in Fig. 5, into its rearward positionshown in Figs. 6 and 7.

The bracket E is preferably offset laterally and inwardly, as at 15,Fig. 1, relative to the chair supporting said bracket at a point betweenthe axis and free end of the bracket, but in proximity to said axis. Thebracket E is provided (see Figs. 2, 3 and 5) between the said axisanditsfree end with a recess 6' which extends laterally through the bracketand in the forwardly swung position of the bracket extends from the topof the bracket downwardly from a substantially horizontally arrangedseat 16 formed by the top surface ofthe bracket in said position of thebracket. 4

A swinging woodentab'le-leaf H is supported from the bracket E andarranged forwardly of the aforesaid chair-arm in the forwardly sw 'ingposition of the bracket. Preferably said bracket is provided with twojoi'irr'ials 17 and 18 arranged in line endwis'e and longitudinally ofthe bracket and substantiallyat a right angle to the axis of the backet. The journals 17 and 18 are preferably spaced endwise as shown.Preferably the bracket E terminates at its free end in the journal 17and the journal 18 extends across said recess 6 and is arranged inproximity to the xis of the bracket. The tableleaf H has bearing on thejournals 17 and and is therefore pivotally connected to the bracket Eand arrangedto swing in a vertical plane when said bracket is in itsforwardly swung position and has its axis substantially at a right angleto the axis of said bracket. The table-leaf H is preferably providedwith a suitably applied metal strap 19 which connects said leaf with thejournal 17 and has a suitably applied metal strap 20 which connects saidleaf to the journal ls. The formation of the journals 17 and 18 in themanner hereinbefore described does not impair the strength of thebracket and renders the connection between the table-leaf H and thebracket inexpensive. The table-leaf H in the forward position of saidbracket is arranged forwardly of the chair-arm supportin" said bracketand extends over and lateral y of the bracket and rests on the seat 16formed on the bracket as shown in- Fig. 4, or is in a substantiallyvertical position and abuts at its strap 20 against the outer side ofthe bracket as shown in Fig. 3, according as said table-leaf has beenswung into the one or the other of its extreme positions independentlyof the bracket. Said table-leaf in its substantially vertical position,shown in Figs. 3 and 5, is movable with the bracket in swinging thebracket upwardly and rearwardly from its forward position.

Thrlisetting of the bracket E laterally inwardly, as at 15, in proximityto the axis of the bracket, as hereinbefore described, permits theswinging of the table-lcaf-carryin'g bracket, when said bracket is inits forwardly swung position and the table-leaf is in its upwardly swungposition shown in Figs. 3 and 5, rearwardly into position at the innerside of the bracket-supporting chairarm, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7,without having said arm and said leaf interfere with each other. I wouldalso remark that, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the table-leaf H, when itis in its rearwardly swung position, is interposed betweenthe chainarm Gand the offset portion of the bracket E, and has its top edgesubstantially even with the top edge of said chair-arm, and said leafhas such thickness as to take up the space between said chair-arm andthe offset portion of the bracket. This arrangement of parts preventsany lateral movement of the tableleaf in the rearwardly swung positionof said leaf so as to obviate any liability of the occupant of the chairbeing pinched between the parts. Also, as the table-leaf is arranged atthe inner side of the chair-arm and the top edge thereof issubstantially flush with the top of said chair-arm, the chair isrendered neat in appearance and compact, and it will be observed thattwo chairs can be placed very close together without interfering withthe manipulation of said leaf.

What I claim is The combination, with an arm of a chair, of a swingingbracket overlapping the inner side of said arm and pivotally connectedto the arm at the forward end of the arm and arranged to swing forwardlyand rearwardly in a vertical plane, which bracket is ofi set laterallyand inwardly relative to said arm at the forward end of but adjacent tothe arm; a swinging table-leaf pivotally connected to the offset portionof the bracket and having its axis arranged substantially at a rightangle to the axis of the bracket and being forward of said arm in theforward position of the bracket, which tablc=leaf lies on said offsetportion of the bracket, or is in a substantially vertical position andabuts against the outer side of said portion of the bracket, accordingas the leaf. has been swung into one or the other of its extremepositions independently of the bracket, and has a thicknesssubstantially equal to the amount of offset of said portion of thebracket, said leaf in its substantially vertispecification, in thepresence of two Witcal position being movable with the nesses. bracketand in its rearwardly swung position being arranged at the inner side ofand WILLIAM COGGER 5 in close proximity to the chair-arm and be-Witnesses:

tween said arm and the bracket. B. 0. BROWN,

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing N. L. MCDONNELL.

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